James Seddon

James Alexander Seddon (13 July 1815-19 August 1880) was a member of the US House of Representatives (D-VA 6) from 4 March 1845 to 3 March 1847 (succeeding John Winston Jones and preceding John Botts) and from 4 March 1849 to 3 March 1851 (succeeding Botts and preceding John Caskie) and Confederate Secretary of War from 21 November 1862 to 5 February 1865 (succeeding George W. Randolph and preceding John C. Breckinridge).

Biography
James Seddon was born in Falmouth, Virginia in 1815, and he became a successful lawyer in Richmond before going on to serve in the US House of Representatives from 1845 to 1847 and from 1849 to 1851. Afterwards, he retired to his Sabot Hill plantation north of the James River, but he returned to politics as Confederate Secretary of War from 1862 to 1865. He again retired to his plantation in 1865, and he died in 1880.